Ok so I’ve been really slack keeping my blog up to date!! Don’t know where the last couple of months have gone, just seem to be working, eating and sleeping!! Did manage to squeeze in a holiday to Ibiza tho!! Had a great time, nice and relaxing, lots of food and drink but the weather could have been better, it rained on 4 of the 7 days!!! Still really enjoyed it tho as we did get some sunshine too and a tan!!
Here are some snapshots!!
I left Venture just over a year ago now and I still haven’t got the full website up and running!! Ok, so it took me a while to actually make the decision to set up in business but the majority of the time has been spent doing research, trying to do a business plan, networking and trying to find my style. I’m not a Venture photographer anymore and I didn’t want this new phase of my photography to look like that. I think I’ve found my style now and I’ve got a better idea of what I want to do. Eventually I’d love to make enough money just selling fine art pieces but for now it looks like I’ll have to keep taking whatever jobs come along!!!
Here’s my draft of the website. I’m not sure about the font my name is in, on the lookout for another script-like font!
Can’t believe I haven’t written or posted any new pics since we moved into our new home! We moved in on the 20th June so been in a month now and we love it! It’s so nice having outdoor space, I just love having a washing line! We have a rose bush too so that was the first thing to get snapped. We bought garden furniture and had the family round for a bbq which got rained on so we’re waiting for some decent weather. Typical British summer, heatwave for a week then storms!!!!
Been continuing with the “Words and Pictures” project but haven’t done any alphabet for a while, I plan to do lots on my week off next week!! Also, got booked for another wedding for next year!
I love my Nan’s garden, I’ve got some amazing shots of flowers out there and now the Tulips have been replaced by Peonies! It’s a bit overgrown at the moment so I had to chop at some grass to get the shots, need to spend a whole day there tidying it up for her!!
I can keep tabs on my pics that have made Explore now and I discovered I’ve actually had three, so here they are!!!
I had a feeling this shot would make Explore which is like the top 500 pics on Flickr that day or something!! Not sure how it works but was chuffed to have made it and then doubly chuffed to find I’d actually made it in December too!!
The project has stalled somewhat!! I have done M but I’ve changed my mind about N so need to get some props to do that!! M is for Mucha.
The day after looking at architecture in Liverpool we went to see Dream by Jaume Plensa, which is a new piece of public art in St. Helens. You can see it driving past on the motorway, it’s that big! Up close it is beautiful, it’s supposed to be a young girl and she looks very serene. It’s also very surreal!!
It was beautiful weather last weekend so went out with my camera to get some shots of the architecture in town. There are some amazing new buildings which I think work really well in contrast with all the classics such as the Liver building.
I’ve always loved using text with images and have been doing it more lately, finding inspiration from song lyrics or quotes by artists, writers etc. Here’s one I did that got a lot of great feedback from my Flickr friends!!
“trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven”.
I’ve been trying to find quotes that mean something to me and the way I feel about life, love, art etc but sometimes you come across a quote and it just fits perfectly with an image, as in this case!
